Events
African and European bishops meet in Liverpool
CCEE-SECAM Seminar, Liverpool, 19-23 November 2008
“I was a stranger and you made me welcome” (Mt 25:35)
Following the Cape Coast (Ghana) seminar on slavery and the new forms of slavery (13-18 November 2007), the meetings between European and African bishops continue with a seminar examining Migration as a new opportunity for evangelisation and solidarity.
The seminar takes place in Liverpool, 2008 European Capital of Culture, and is part of the CCEE-SECAM quadrennial project (2007-2010) which began following the First CCEE-SECAM Symposium (Rome, Italy, 10-13 November 2004). The project focuses on collaboration between European and African bishops and aims to deepen their common responsibility for evangelisation and the human promotion of their respective continents and the world.
Bishop Tom Burns to be next Bishop of Menevia
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Tom M Burns SM, currently Bishop of the Forces (GB), as the next Bishop of Menevia.
The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, accepted the resignation of Bishop Mark Jabalé, OSB, of Menevia, which was presented in accord with can. 401 §1 of the Code of Canon Law.
The installation of Bishop Burns as the 11th Bishop of Menevia will take place during Mass in St Joseph’s Cathedral, Swansea, on Monday 1 December 2008 at 1130. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor will conduct the Installation.
Over 83,000 men and women are in prison in England and Wales today.
On 16th November 2008, churches across Britain will mark Prisoners' Sunday - a day of reflection and prayer for the victims of crime, prisoners, their families, and all those involved in the prison system.
To mark Prisoners' Sunday, there will be a multi-faith event at the Southall Gurudwara which will be celebrated by Prison Service chaplains representing various faiths (Christianity, Sikhism, Hinduism, Islam).
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150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes
Pope Benedict XVI travels to France for an Apostolic visit to mark the jubilee anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes.
The visit begins on 12 September in Paris when the Holy Father will meet with priests, religious, seminarians and deacons in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame before greeting the thousands of young people expected to gather in the square in front of the cathedral that evening.
The Holy Father will travel from Paris down to Lourdes, at the foot of the Pyrenees on 13 September - a day after his arrival in France.
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The Cause of John Henry Cardinal Newman
21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890
The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman was an Anglican received into the Catholic Church in 1845.
He was made a Cardinal in 1879. The cause for his beatification is currently being considered. He was declared a Venerable by the late Pope John Paul II in 1991 after the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints decreed that he exercised all of the Christian virtues in a heroic degree.
Click to read more about the Cause of Cardinal Newman.
Pope Benedict XVI has declared 28 June 2008 to 29 June 2009 the ‘Year of St. Paul’ to celebrate of the 2,000th anniversary of St Paul’s birth. St Paul was born a Jew and later became a Christian after a powerful experience of Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus.
After some time away in prayer, he spent the rest of his life encouraging the early Christian communities through his personal witness and his letters. As the ‘Apostle to the Gentiles’, St Paul made many missionary journeys and endured great sufferings to preach the Gospel message. Thirteen of the letters in the New Testament are attributed to St Paul.
Here you will find our full section on the Year of St Paul.
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